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Silicone Engineering posts 38% rise in annual earnings
Added: 25 Aug 2023
UK silicone manufacturing and formulation specialist upbeat about future market prospects

Teknor Apex launches 40% recycled-content TPV elastomers
Added: 25 Aug 2023
US compounder to introduce new TPEs with up to 65% post-consumer recycled content later this year
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Zeon invests in start-up to advance green hydrogen plans
Added: 25 Aug 2023
Targets implementing Verdagy’s hydrogen production technology in chemicals plants

ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 25 Aug 2023
Most read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Sri Trang progresses natural rubber expansions in Thailand
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Thai NR major set to increase global market share from 10% to 12%

Pirelli capacity enough to support demand 'in coming years'
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Group has 90% global saturation, of which 95% is “high-value”

Hankook Precision Works advances tire mould technology with 3D printing centre
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Unit in Daejeon to enhance precision tire mould parts, develop new kerf products
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AES Seal acquires Australian manufacturer Triseal
Added: 24 Aug 2023
UK seals maker ‘uniquely placed’ to serve mining and minerals, other industrial sectors in Australi…

Ley Rubber to the rescue for Batmobile owner
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Special weatherproof sealing protects iconic vehicle never intended to be driven on roads

Indian carbon black major PCBL opens European subsidiary
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Group commissions first phase of speciality carbon black plant

John Crane, UK universities win £1m funding for carbon capture project
Added: 24 Aug 2023
Grant awarded for high-temperature sealing solution for “supercritical CO₂ power cycle”

Bridgestone details premium tire production strategy
Added: 23 Aug 2023
Japanese group to reinforce structure to produce BCMA-Enliten tires across 16 plants

ContiTech progresses plan to make automotive business "organisationally independent"
Added: 23 Aug 2023
OE Solutions business segment to be separated from other ContiTech business units within two years.…

Cabot tracks impact of EU sanctions on Russian carbon black exports
Added: 23 Aug 2023
China, for example, "has its own competitive-intensity and Russian supply isn't really changing tha…

Evonik reports "no meaningful turnaround" in second quarter
Added: 23 Aug 2023
Chairman: "Germany is in a recession, Europe as well, and the economy in China is not picking up as…

Covestro appoints Christian Baier as new CFO
Added: 23 Aug 2023
German polymers company names technology office Thorsten Dreier for ‘labour director’ role
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Essentially Rubber: A brush with sustainability
Added: 23 Aug 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ANRPC raises natural rubber supply, demand forecasts
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Upgrade based on increased consumption and production data from member countries for July
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Tokai first-half profits rise on carbon black growth
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Group's carbon black sales up 15% year-on-year while operating income more than doubled...

Conti revises up car production expectations for 2023
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Europe saw 16% growth in vehicle production in first half, helped by “stabilised supply-chains...”
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